Assignment week #1

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• We are all 21st century educators… whether we like or not.

• Are we teaching 21st century skills?

Learning Online Info

http://learningonlineinfo.org/what-to-look-for-in-classroom-technology/

What research strategies or processes do we use to solve problems?

• Peer collaboration

• Access to professional support

• Books

• GOOGLE IT!

• Are we teaching our students these skills?

• If they don’t learn them from us, then who?

What we use… • computers

• tablets• phones

• calculators• Ipods

• Smartboards

But HOW do we use it?

One approach is teacher-centered instruction.

• Memorization of facts• Formulas• Dates and names• Properties• etc.

The student is then expected to recall the exact information for the test.

Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

Another approach is student-centered

Authentic & personal

Requires students to:

• formulate problems

• collect information and data

• organize and manipulate the information

• formulate an answer. Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

Charlotte Danielson (1996) describes distinguished activities and assignments as:

“Students are cognitive engaged in the activities and assignments in their exploration of content. Students initate or adapt activities and projects to enhance understanding.” (p.98)

A student-centered classroom environment makes the students the researchers. Students actively seek information regarding the present problem. Students are able to access the information they need through multiple forms of technology while the teacher guides the path of learning.

• A class of students are asked to give a presentation on the importance of exponential growth and decay when modeling life phenomena.

• Students are assigned to groups where roles are assigned, a strategy is agreed upon by group members, research is done and presentation is made.

Seniors in a Participation in Government class have taken an interest in the school budget process in an effort to prepare for their first voting experience. Students research factors such as the school budget’s history, state aid, and possibly contact or interview local officials. Activity would culminate with students of voting age, voting in the election.

• We need help!

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)

“The philosophy of the NTeQ model provides the foundation needed to create reformed classrooms in which students gain requisite 21st-century knowledge and skills.”

Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

1. The teacher is technology competent.2. The student actively engages in the learning

process, assuming the role of researcher and gaining technological competence.

3. The computer is used as a tool, as it is in the workplace, to enhance learning through the use of real-world data to solve problems.

4. The lesson is student centered, problem based, and authentic, and technology is an integral component.

5. The environment incorporates multiple resource-rich activities.

Morrison (2010). Chapter 1.

• The teacher is well practiced with multiple forms of technology

• Professional development

• Collaboration

• Experimentation

• Student expertise

You don’t need to know everything about everything.

• Incorporating technology isn’t just about computer use.

• Multiple ways to use computers

• The computer does NOT have to used all the time.

• The computer does NOT replace the teacher, but rather supplements our work.

• Time to learn new technology• Student Motivation Levels• Curriculum uncertainties• Standardized Testing• Annual Professional Performance

Reviews (APPR)

• One step at a time… pick a place to start

• Designing effective Classroom procedures

• More time = more experience

In chapter 1 of Skills for the 21st Century, Morrison states:

“A study by Newmann and colleagues (2001) found that the authentic learning approach in a student-centered environment produced substantially more achievement gains than the teacher-centered memorization approach.”

“Students who were in classrooms that focused primarily on a memorization approach scored 25 percent less in reading and 22 percent less in mathematics than the national average. Newmann and his colleagues also found that high-quality assignments in mathematics tended to help the low-achieving students even more than their high-achieving classmates.” (Newmann, Bryk, & Nagaoka, 2001)

What do we have to fear?

Things to avoid:

• Placing another person’s graphic or picture on a webpage.

• Copying text

• Educators beware! Specific Limitations apply

Morrison (2010). Chapter 6.

With greater access to information, comes greater responsibility

• The law allows for “fair use” of copyrighted material (Crawford, 1993), which usually includes educational and newsworthy uses.

• Factors considered in determining fair use include the following:

Purpose of use, how much is used, and the effect of use on the

materials valueMorrison (2010). Chapter 6.

• Limitations on copies and number of courses using them

• Author use

• Multiple course limitations

• Cannot replace collections with copies

• No copies of workbooks

• Can NOT defer costs on to students.United States Copyright Office.

• A mathematics worksheet obtained from a workbook is NOT permitted to be photocopied and consumed.

• Copying the work effects the materials market value and negatively impacts the profit of someone else’s work.

• Copies of someone else’s work is only allowable for one course… in the school

• A popular poem or story can NOT be used among multiple courses without the author’s permission. Talk with your colleagues!

Don’t Assume!

• U.S. Copyright office

• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!

Danielson, Charlotte. (1996). Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Morrison, Gary R., Deborah L. Lowther. (2010). Skills for the 21st Century, Fourth Edition. Copyright © Pearson.

The American Distance Education Consortium. (2002). Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html

United States Copyright Office. (2012). http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html .